Codex Born Quotes

“The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“The sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who might have worked, having been canonically established as being ineffective on wood, but nobody had ever figured out how to use the controls on the blasted thing.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Look at the shiny magic thing trying to kill us, isn’t it awesome?”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“If you really want to kill a libriomancer, hook a bomb up to a big red button and tell him not to press it”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“I see words, I read them.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“He had also jinxed my telescope so that every time I looked at Mars, Marvin the Martian popped up and threatened to destroy the Earth with an explosive space-modulator.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Jeff [the werewolf] cocked his head and stared at me like I had just turned into a were-rabbit. Admittedly, this was a tremendous improvement over wanting to tear me limb from limb. "Well, shave my ass and call me a poodle. How the hell did you manage that?”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Stop derailing my plans with logic and reason,”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Librarians: Kicking Ignorance in the Balls for Over 4000 Years”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“It was an elegant trap, one which had claimed the sanity of many libriomancers over the years. As you exhausted yourself physically and mentally, your judgment eroded as well, leading you to make mistakes when you could least afford them. Sleep was the best cure. Naturally, insomnia was a common side effect of magic use.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“If you really want to kill a libriomancer, hook a bomb up to a big red button and tell him not to press it.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Practically speaking, it was like carrying a Labrador retriever over a tightrope and having a squirrel race past.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“You believe in aliens?” “I’m dating a dryad, and you pulled a snake out of your phone. You’re going to draw the line at aliens?” “If you try to tell me aliens built the pyramids, I am so out of here.” “Don’t be ridiculous.” I waited a beat, then added, “The pyramids were built by mummified elves.”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

“Something weird wants to kill us? Cool! Where did it come from, and how does it work?”
― Jim C. Hines, Codex Born